Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies released its Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity report, which projects that year-over-year expenditures for homeowner improvements and repairs will experience a near 3% decline through Q1 2024.
Read More »Approved Spending Package Good News for Housing Market
The National Association of Realtors sheds light on how the recent federal spending package will affect the housing market
Read More »Homebuyers and Peer Pressure
Here's how many Americans felt pressured to spend more than necessary on their home.
Read More »Spending on Residential Construction Rises
Despite overall increases in construction spending, residential construction couldn't keep up. Find out more in this report from the Census Bureau.
Read More »The Week Ahead: Analyzing Construction Spending
The Census Bureau will release its monthly construction spending report, which also includes spending on the building of new single-family homes. Here’s what else is happening in The Week Ahead.
Read More »How Does Your City Stack Up?
For those who’ve ever mulled moving to another city but were unsure if they could foot the bill for a new view, Wahrheit Ventures has a way to ...
Read More »The Week Ahead: Spotlight on Home Sales and Prices
The week begins with the release of the New Home Sales Report for January 2018 by the U.S. Census Bureau on Monday at 10 a.m. EST. The report, ...
Read More »JPMorgan: Spending Rises With Predictable Rate Drops
A new JPMorgan Chase Institute report highlights the link between interest rate changes and consumer spending for homeowners with adjustable-rate vs. fixed-rate mortgages. The study, released on Thursday, could provide valuable insight to housing policy makers regarding how their actions affect the type of mortgage a homeowner chooses as well as how they impact the consumption habits of homeowners with ARMs, compared to those with fixed rates, throughout the business cycle.
Read More »Consumer Sentiment Hits 14-Month High
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's Index of Consumer Sentiment edged up more than two points in a preliminary September reading, putting it at a 14-month high of 84.6. The increase in the headline index was driven by a more than four-point improvement in the gauge of consumer expectations, which rose to 75.6.
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